Jack Allsopp

In today’s society, there is a overshadowing stigma that gender expression is tied to sexual orientation. I prospose the question, why does one’s actions based off gender stereotypes constitute a presumption of one’s sexual orientation? In the way that boys are supposed to be super manly and strong while girl’s are suppose to like dresses and play with dolls. Those should be the  norm’s of the past and we have to continue to push, as a society, for less cultural…

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Anne Hallward’s episode of Safe space talk was a very well put together and informative show. It touched on the struggles of LGBTQ teens and plenty of teens got to share their stories on the show. With there identities kept confidential, it created this anonymous place to share their struggles, feelings, and stories. Hallward does a great job, in my opinion, of promoting what  Epstein calls “Social Cohesion”. This is due to the fact that all these participating teens can…

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Anne Hallward’s Ted Talk is one of the most interesting and thought provoking Ted talks I have watched as of recent. It brings up some interesting claims about shame and sharing stories. I took a lot of time to think about her talk of shame, and how it is potentially a dangerous emotion. Hallward believes, “Shame makes us want to hide and makes us retreat in silence and isolation”(0:40). Boxing out the world and isolating oneself is what she claims…

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The prospect of shame has seemingly become a bigger issue in the past decade according to Anne Hallward. In her Ted Talk, “How Telling our silenced silenced stories can change the world,” she claims that, “shame is not just a very very painful feeling. It is actually a lethal public health threat”(3:10). According to Hallward, shame isn’t just an emotion that is to be cast off as “sad”, it’s an actual life threatening state of mind that if left to…

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